Earn the Right to Advise

In 1994, when India’s ex-PM Narasimha Rao addressed the US Congress, he told this story about Mahatma Gandhi: Once a lady came to Gandhiji and asked him to tell her son to stop eating sugar. Instead of doing what she asked, Gandhiji asked her to come after two...

Accept your life ‘as is’

The hardest thing in life is not clearing tough exams, getting big-brand jobs, making money, or earning fame. All these are hard but they aren’t the hardest. The hardest is accepting your life ‘as is’ — no preconditions, no changes — just...

Master Skills, Embrace Advancement

This post is written by ChatGPT. Just kidding. But how did you react to that first sentence? With horror? Nobody wants to read a post written by ChatGPT. When I read your post, I want to hear your story. I want to feel your struggles. I want to know your voice. In...

Question Everything

During my police training, our lathi charge training routine was absurd. On the instructor’s count, like dance choreography, we would all swing the baton with the right hand while covering the belt buckle with the left hand. One day, somebody asked our...